21 mayo 2012

chale.

16 mayo 2012

men v. labels

As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." And he rose and followed Him.

not to read too much into it, but i liked this:
what did Jesus see?
a man,
Matthew,
who happened to be sitting at a tax booth.
(it just happened to be his job.)
...who would come when invited.

not a label. it's good see a person, not a label or stereotype, even when that's what they offer to us. labels don't have much potential. hard to talk to labels. hard to relate to labels without reverting to a stereotype myself. hard to do much of anything with labels except stick them on folders to file away even more evidence of that category later. persons, however...